In the heart of Chicago's steel-and-glass skyline, Dr. Elias Kane-once a celebrated surgeon, now a sharp-eyed private investigator-sits in his fortress of leather and mahogany, staring down the kind of case that doesn't just haunt you, it devours you. His sister, Lila, has vanished. Her last known location? A mysterious island off the coast of Maine-Blackthorn Isle-rumored to be home to a secretive society known only as The Order of the Saffron Veil. With nothing but a file of cryptic notes, a single ancient deed, and a whisper of something older than power itself, Elias must trade his scalpel for secrets and dive into a world where control is an illusion-and survival is anything but guaranteed.
